The Scots Have Influenced My Culture, What Do I Do?

[wildrover]

Even the deciduous species in Europe or eastern North America retain their brown leaves throughout the winter, sort of like the emigrant Scots and their tartans! (gotta keep it on topic)

You just answered a question I've had for a while regarding the tree outside my home...I always wondered why it didn't drop its leaves...tho a good hailstorm does an adequate job of helping.

(I figure about a yard a year would do, but acorns are loved by birds and move faster than that)

Well, that all depends on the airspeed of...ok, I'll stop there. Nhi!

BB, are you saying you've lost track of your cultural individuality?

[Bugbear]

... BB, are you saying you've lost track of your cultural individuality?

I'm not sure what that term means.

I could provide a link with proof of why I can not follow in my family's footsteps, a tip of the iceberg example, but I am quite nervous about sending that as a PM. I would not post it on the open forum.

I posted that link to Electric Scotland in OP for a specific reason, it shows a Scottish tradition that most of my family does not have, or that my family is ashamed of in some cases, while falsely claiming to be Scottish. Go figure. :confused:

That was beaten out of me on day one of kindergarten, and other things have had to go over the years; finally the false Scottishness...

* I'm afraid I haven't been able to convey that very well and it's been a little frustrating.. Or in some cases it feels like I am having a conversation with a brick wall.